The single engine plane crashed just east of the Daytona International Airport around 10 p.m. shortly after takeoff, deputies said. It burst into flames after crashing.

The two occupants of the Cessna 172 were part of the Phoenix East Aviation flight school, deputies said. A dispatcher at the school refused to comment Monday night.

About 90 minutes later, two others were killed in and unrelated crash in Merritt Island, about 70 miles south of the first crash.

Brevard County deputies identified the victims as 47-year-old, John Brian Kish, and 64-year-old, Kenneth Allen Marks.

The two Merritt Island men were inside a Liberty XL-2 single-engine plane that crashed about 8:30 p.m. in a residential area, Brevard County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Lee Nessel said. The plane did not strike any homes.

According to the Brevard County Sheriff Office, Marks was interested in buying the plane from Kish and the two took off from the Merritt Island Airport on Monday evening for a test flight.